The Ravens game helps if we were able to somehow claw back into the divisional race. One tiebreaker is the combined record of all wins. Beating Baltimore would be huge, as the Pats lost to them. In addition, if we somehow won the AFCE, that win against the Ravens would provide a head-to-head tiebreaker for seeding.
Crazy as it sounds, if anyone else beats the Pats, and the Bills run the table, they would be the #1 seed in the AFC.
Thought it was the other way around. For AFC foes, you want them to have worse conference records. It's how the Chargers missed the playoffs two years ago.